Dylen — #8559 US boys' name
1,032 babies named Dylen in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 40% of names given to boys today.
43% of everyone ever named Dylen was born in this single decade.
58 babies were named Dylen in 2004 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dylen
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,032 babies named Dylen between 1991 and 2024, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dylen currently holds the #8559 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 58 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dylen performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 446 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Dylen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 72 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Dylen in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dylen in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,032 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Dylen at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Dylen popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1991
- Peak year (2004)
- 58
- Annual births at peak — across 34 years of records
Currently ranks #8559 among boys.
1,032 total births across 34 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2004 with 58 births in a single year.
Dylen popularity over time — girls
22 total births recorded since 2004 (Dylen as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Dylen accounts for 2% of total recorded use across both genders.
Dylen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 446 births that decade — 43% of Dylen's all-time total
Dylen decade highlights
- Peak decade 446 births
- Runner-up 312 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Dylen's strongest decade
446 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% of all-time use.
Dylen by state
Where Dylen concentrates geographically — total births since 1991
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 72 | 7.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 28 | 2.7% |
| #3 | Florida | | 6 | 0.6% |
| #4 | Indiana | | 6 | 0.6% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #6 | Washington | | 5 | 0.5% |
72 of 1,032 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 7.0% of nationwide
- Texas 2.7% of nationwide
- Florida 0.6% of nationwide
- Indiana 0.6% of nationwide
- Michigan 0.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 6 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 7.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1991–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.